Fumigator.



PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

A. VAN WINKLE.

FUMIGATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 25, 1903.

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ATTORNEY E I PATENTED APR. 12, 1904 A. VAN WINKLE.

FUMIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1903;

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Patented April 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM VAN WINKLE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FUMIGATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,916, dated April12, 1904. Application filed July 25, 1903. Serial No. 166,946. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it natty concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM VAN VVINKLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Incense-Burners orFumigators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto numerals ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention has reference to a novel construction ofincense-burner or fumigator comprising two or more separably-con nectedreceptacles, made from sheet metal,one of which may be employed for thepurpose of containing and storing the powder, and the uppermostreceptacle, which is provided with a removable gauze cover, beingemployed for the purpose of spreading therein some of the powder whichis to be ignited and then allowed to smolder slowly upon the bottom orbase of the said receptacle.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simply and cheaplyconstructed apparatus or device which shall be of a neat appearance andwhich may be carried about while the ignited powder is smoldering toproduce sufficient smoke and odor, which isobjectionable to insects andespecially so tov mosquitos, mankind.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus ordevice of the character hereinafter set forth which is provided with afinely-meshed wire-gauze top or cover arranged to provide justsufficient draft to permit the slow consumption of the insectpowder andalso to provide a device of a cylindrical shape whereby such device canbe but which is unobjectionable to more readily carried in the pocket,if desired.

The invention consists, therefore, in the novel incense-burner orfumigator hereinafter set forth, and, furthermore, the present inventionconsists in the various arrangements and combinations of parts, all ofwhich will be hereinafter more fully described and then finally embodiedin the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and form a part ofthis specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figures 1 and 2 are a side elevation and a plan or top view,respectively, of the device embodying the principles of the presentinvention; and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig.4 is a plan or top view of the device with the gauze cover or topremoved, illustrating an arrangement of a removable matrix or patternemployed with the device for forming the powder which is to be ignitedand consumed in a peculiar maze-like arrangement upon the bottom or baseof the upper receptacle. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of aslightly-modified form of incense-burner or fumigator, but stillembodying the principles of this invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the saidabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character 1 indicatesthe complete device, the same being preferably made of any suitablesheet metal spun into cylindrical shape, as illustrated.

The device comprises a lower receptacle 2 for the reception and storingtherein of an insect-powder, the said receptacle being surrounded at itsopen top by a marginal bead 3, as clearly illustrated. Resting upon thisbead 3 is an annular projection 5 of another receptacle 4, having abottom or base 6 and a marginal head 7 surrounding the upper openportion of this receptacle; From an inspection of Fig. 3 it will be seenthat this receptacle 4 is removably arranged upon the bead 3 of the receptacle 2 and the two receptacles can be separated from each other whennecessary for the placing of a matrix or pattern upon the base or bottom6 of the receptacle dand for the purpose of spreading the insect-powderin its form desired upon said base or bottom. This said matrix orpattern 8 is removably arranged upon the said bottom or base 6 and maybe of any desired construction. This matrix or pattern is preferablymade with a ring-shaped marginal member 9, from which extends adiametrically-projecting bar 10, provided on opposite edges withlaterally-extending fingers or arms 11, between whichare ar-- suitableinstrument, such as a spoon, pestle,

or the like. Resting upon the marginal bead 7 of the said receptacle 4is an annular flange 15 of a cover 14:, the said cover being of anysuitable configuration and having a wire-gauze top or covering 16, asclearly illustrated. It

, will be clearly understood, however, that I do not intend to limitmyself to the general shape of this cover and its wire-gauze netting,nor do I intend to confine myself to the exact shape and arrangement ofthe bar 10 and arms or fingers 11 and 12 of the matrix or pattern, forany other suitable arrangement of bars and arms may be used, if desired,whereby variously-arranged lines of insect-powder, according to thelength of the line desired and according to the time required for alengthy consumption of the powder, thus arranged in the form of a mazeupon the receptacle 4; after the matrix or pattern has been withdrawn.That the said matrix or pattern 8 can readily be removed from the powderwhich has been rammed between its bar 10 and the arms or fingers 11 and12, the marginal edges of these parts are made to taper in downwarddirections, asclearly shown in the drawings.

Instead of placing the upper receptacle 1 directly upon the bead 3 ofthe lower receptacle 2 another receptacle, as 17, having an annularshoulder 18 and an annular bead 19, may be placed upon the bead 3 of thereceptacle 2, and the upper receptacle 4 may be made to rest upon thebead 19 of the intermediate receptacle 17 as clearly illustrated in Fig.5 of the drawings. Where this receptacle 17 is used, the same answersthe purpose of storing therein the previously-mentioned tool, such as aspoon for lifting the insect-powder from the lower receptacle 2 todeposit it in the spaces formed between the arms or fingers 11 and 12and the bar 10 of the matrix or pattern 8 and the pestle or the like forramming the powder in place between the said parts of the matrix orpattern.

After the matrix or pattern 8 has been removed the maze-like arrangementof the insect-powder formed upon the bottom or base of the upperreceptacle is ignited at the one end thereof and the gauze-covered coverreplaced upon the upper part of the upper rethe base dr bottom 6 of Iceptacle. The gauze-covered part of the cover allows just sufiicient airto enter the upper receptacle that the ignited powder will smolder andwill be slowly consumed from one end of the maze of powder to the otherend thereof, its odor and smoke escaping through the wire screen orgauze of the top of the device, and

thereby driving off all objectionable insects that fly-about in theair,.such as mosquitos, flies", and the like.

' Slight modifications may be made in the various arrangements andcombinations ofthe parts comprising the device without departing fromthe scope of the present invention. Hence I do not limit my invention tothe precise arrangements and combinations of the parts, nor do I confinemyself to the exact details of the construction of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is I 1. Anincense-burner or fumigator, comprising, a lower receptacle adapted tocontain a powder, an upper receptacle detachably arranged upon saidlower receptacle, a matrix or pattern in said upper receptacle arrangedtherein for forming some of the powder in maze form in said upperreceptacle, and a cover on said upper receptacle provided with awire-gauze covered opening, substantially as and for the purposes setforth. I 2. An incense-burner or fumigator, comprising, a lowercylindrical receptacle having an annular bead, an upper cylindricalreceptacle having an annular shoulder resting upon said bead of thelower receptacle, and an annular bead surrounding the open portion ofsaid upper receptacle, said receptacles being detachably connected onewith the other, a circular matrix or pattern removably arranged in saidupper receptacle, and a cover on said upper receptacle provided withair-openings, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. An incense-burner or fumigator, comprising, a lower cylindricalreceptacle having an annular bead, an upper cylindrical receptaclehaving an annular shoulder resting upon said bead of the lowerreceptacle, and an annular bead surrounding the openportion of saidupper receptacle, said receptacles being detachably connected with eachother, a circular matrix or pattern removably arranged in said upperreceptacle, a cover on said upper receptacle provided with an opening,and a wiregauze covering over said opening, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

4;. An incense-burner or-fumigator, comprising, a lower cylindricalreceptacle having an annular bead, an upper cylindrical receptaclehaving an annular shoulder resting upon said bead of the lowerreceptacle, and an annular bead surrounding the open portion of saidupper receptacle, said receptacles being detachdiametrically extendingbar connected with said rim, laterally-extending arms at the oppositeedges of said bar, and arms projecting from said rim and extendingbetween the arms of said diametrical bar, and a cover on said upperreceptacle provided with air -openings, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. An incense-burner or fumigator,comprising, a lower cylindricalreceptacle having an annular bead, an upper cylindrical receptaclehaving an annular shoulder resting upon said head of the lowerreceptacle, and an annular bead surrounding the open portion of saidupper receptacle, said receptacles being detachably connected with eachother, a circular matriX or pattern removably arranged in said upperreceptacle, comprising, a marginal rim, a diametrically extending barconnected with said rim, laterally-extending arms at the opposite edgesof said bar, and arms projecting from said rim and extending between thearms of said diametrical bar, a cover on said upper receptacle providedwith an. opening, and a wire-gauze covering over said opening,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 22d day of July, 1903.

ABRAHAM VAN WIN KLE. V

Witnesses:

' FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL,

SAMUEL S. PRIDHAM.

